Coolify

Recommended

Open-source self-hostable alternative to Heroku and Netlify

62 reviews

Free tierHas API

In a nutshell

Coolify is the open-source PaaS every developer wants. Self-host Heroku on a $5 VPS. The project moves fast and the community is excellent.

What's great

Self-hosted means you own your data
Incredibly cost-effective
Active open-source community

Watch out for

Requires server management knowledge
Docs could be better
Not as polished as commercial PaaS

Best for

Developers who want PaaS convenience on their own servers

Not ideal for

Teams wanting fully managed infrastructure with zero ops

Pricing

Free

Free self-hosted

Starter

$5/mo (cloud hosted)

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